Hi Alex!
This game is so interesting to me as well. I have been researching the game and
every time move 17 comes up there are always one or two explanation points for
that move. Thank you for the information you included below. I’m studying the
moves and annotations just for fun. Some wild fun on a Sunday. Lol!
Rita C.
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On Oct 8, 2023, at 2:27 PM, Alex Barrasso <barrassoal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
lol
Hello fellow players. I do not recall seeing this Fischer game before. If I
have, it must’ve been years ago. Here is a link to it. In addition to the
text moves, there are some useful annotations. What a gem, especially when
you consider Fischers age at the time and the caliber of his opponent.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361
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On Oct 8, 2023, at 9:16 AM, Marietta Crawford <mcrawford7008@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
*Sunday Smiles*
*Fun With Puns
I always go for the Sicilian defense, because I like it spicy.
Where do chess Grandmasters keep their pet snakes?
In a chessssssst.
What did one pirate say to the other when he him in chess?
Check matey
Is it right to pawn a chess set?
*Smile
Do you know what the world’s fastest-selling chess book was?
It was wrapped in simple brown paper and called: “Recently translated from
the original French, twenty-six new mating positions.
Two chess grandmasters sit down for a drink. They get a little tipsy, and
their tongues loosen up.
Charles: “My wife has been awfully quiet recently. I think she may be having
an affair.”
Digory says nothing
Charles: "Well, come on man, don't be so glum. Let’s have another round."
Digory: “Charles, I have a confession to make about my last mate…”
*Did you know?
The Game of the Century is one of the most famous chess games of all time.
The future world champion, 13-year-old Bobby Fischer played Donald Byrne in
the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York
City in 1956. In ‘Chess Review’ Hans Kmoch dubbed it the ‘The Game of the
Century’ and wrote, “The game was a stunning masterpiece of combination play
performed by a boy of 13 against a formidable opponent, it matches the
finest record in the history of chess prodigies.” Bobby Fischer’s opponent,
Donald Byrne was one of the leading American chess masters at the time of
this game. He won the 1953 U.S. Open Championship. He became an
International Master in 1962 and represented the US in the 1962, 1964 and
1968 Chess Olympiads. Donald Byrne was 26 when he played Bobby Fischer. The
game between the two players was historic, not only because of Bobby
Fischer’s young age, but because Fischer sacrificed his queen on the 17th
move to Byrne to set up a devasting counterattack that led to checkmate.
